Join us at the Carkeek Park Imprint Pond on Sunday, March 24 at about 7:00 PM for our first salmon release of Spring 2019. 30,000 fish will be released into Venema Creek, the main tributary of Piper’s Creek. Tip: since the release is at dusk (not dark), bring a flashlight to help see the fish […]
2019’s 1st batch of salmon fry will be released on Sunday, March 24 at 7:00 pm (dusk)! Read More »
Salmon are returning to Carkeek Park! Like old friends, park visitors are walking the trails with keen eyes and ears to find fish returning to their home waters. Students on field trips to Carkeek Park on Monday, October 29, 2018 from St. George and Thornton Creek Elementary Schools observed a few early Coho salmon during
Salmon return! Late October, NOVEMBER, early December Read More »
CWCAP Spawning Survey & Count Each Fall, Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project (CWCAP) enters the creeks and tributaries in the Pipers Creek Watershed to collect data from the salmon that naturally die after returning to the system. The primary objective is to determine the relative spawning success of salmon in Piper’s Creek and its largest
Salmon activities at Carkeek Park this Fall 2018 Read More »
Each spring, 4 batches of Chum salmon are delivered to the Imprint Pond at Carkeek Park to be imprinted by CWCAP Salmon Imprint Stewards. 21 lead Imprint Stewards and 13 regular Imprint Stewards, care for, feed, and oversee the Imprinting System from January to May. With fish provided by the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek Salmon Hatchery, CWCAP releases nearly 100,000 imprinted salmon fry into Venema Creek. Imprinting will give these fish the best chance at returning to their home waters in the Pipers and Venema Creeks in 3 to 5 years to spawn. Below is a table that summarizes CWCAP‘s imprinting activities for 2018.
2018 Salmon Imprinting Season Summary at Carkeek Park, Venema Creek Read More »
Saturday, May 12, 2018 at a little after 8:00 PM saw the release of about 35,250 3-4 inch Chum salmon fry into Venema Creek where they will make there way to Piper’s Creek, to Puget Sound, and eventually to the Pacific Ocean. These very fit fish have a chance to return to these home waters in 3 to 5 years to spawn. Having been imprinted with the smell (chemical/mineral signature) of the water from Piper’s Creek Watershed, some of these fish will return to Carkeek Park creek waters in 3-5 years to find good habitat and mates after all the challenges they will have survived since their release.
2018 Imprinting Season ends on May 12 Read More »
